M'kali-Hashiki (she/her) is a Somatic Sacred Storyteller and Erotic Ritualist who teaches folx to wield Eros as a weapon of refusal, resilience, and reclamation. She offers rituals, coaching, and guided practices to help disrupt disconnection, resist domination, and root into joy. Her work supports both personal healing and political reawakening-especially for those living in bodies historically marginalized or multiply-marginalized by the State. She also offers embodiment and wellness-centered consulting for organizations and creative stakeholders, and works as a Sensitivity Reader to help dismantle explicit and implicit bias in manuscripts. Her ritual & coaching work can be found at www.fiercepassions.com Rev. Syd Yang, MDiv (they/them) is a mixed race/Taiwanese American queer trans/non-binary lay Buddhist Minister and spiritual counselor who engages decolonial possibilities for shared liberation through their practice, Blue Jaguar Healing Arts.

Syd is also a certified Movement Chaplain through Faith Matters Network. Syd's work finds its resonance in the stories we each hold at the intersection of memory, body, sexuality and mental health. Syd works primarily with queer and trans individuals of color, as well as regularly leads workshops and facilitates community based practice spaces for wellbeing + healing justice, with a specific focus on grief, healing ancestral trauma, sexuality + spirituality, body liberation and recovery.